Determination of Carrageenan in Livestock and Poultry Meat by Ultrahigh-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Table 1

Linear equation, correlation coefficient, detection limit, and quantification limit of carrageenan as determined by UHPLC-MS/MS (n = 6).

Matrix	Linear equation	Correlation coefficient (R^2)	Linear range (g/kg)	LOD (g/kg)	LOQ (g/kg)
Pork	Y = 3398780X + 287068.44	0.995	0.05–1.00	0.06	0.18
Beef	Y = 2657540X + 136688.22	0.999	0.05–1.00	0.06	0.18
Lamb	Y = 2422610X + 162849.48	0.996	0.05–1.00	0.06	0.18
Chicken	Y = 1936610X + 251091.83	0.998	0.05–1.00	0.06	0.18
Duck	Y = 1408280X + 93223.84	0.997	0.05–1.00	0.06	0.18

LOD: limit of detection; LOQ: limit of quantitation; UHPLC-MS/MS: ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.